Posted on 08/31/2005 7:06:40 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
UN tsunami chief to assess recovery effort in Sri Lanka and Indonesia
30 August 2005 The United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery Eric Schwartz will travel to Sri Lanka and Indonesia tomorrow on a 10-day fact-finding mission to see the impact of last Decembers tsunami on peoples lives and to gauge the progress of the recovery.
Mr. Schwartz will hold talks with Government officials, representatives of UN agencies, civil society and the business community, while assessing the online financial contribution tracking system, as well as shelter, livelihoods and sustainable timber sourcing.
Meanwhile, in Secretary-General Kofi Annans report on the UNs International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, he urges governments to maintain their support for the development of a tsunami early warning system.
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Rich nations can also suffer from natural disasters, says UN agency chief
30 August 2005 The devastation being wrought in the south-eastern United States by Hurricane Katrina and the recent deadly floods in Central Europe and Switzerland prove that anyone can be affected, any day, anywhere by natural disaster, said the head of the United Nations disaster-reduction body, calling for more systematic prevention and mitigation measures.
As a tourist or as a traveller, we can be faced by natural disasters that do not exist in our country. Therefore we have to be constantly prepared for all types of natural disasters, Sálvano Briceño, Director of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), told a press briefing in Geneva. . . .
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15615&Cr=disaster&Cr1=
Search and Rescue and Current Needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
FLOOD AID UPDATE: Here are some places you can donate to hurricane Katrina relief: (Bumped to top -- scroll down for current posts.)
http://www.redcross.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
is involved, and probably has lots of resources to draw on in the heavily Catholic New Orleans area.
Austin Bay is recommending Episcopal Relief and Development.http://www.er-d.org/
Liz at Rightalk suggests that animal lovers donate to the
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?
Here's a link to Mennonite Disaster Services http://www.mds.mennonite.net/. The Sanity Inspector says they're highly efficient.
Reader Peter Viditto recommends The Mercy Corps
http://www.mercycorps.org/
Here's the link for Methodist Relief http://www.methodistrelief.org/site/pp.asp?c=bhKNI4PHIpE&b=876335.
The Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ does good work. (WalMart just gave them a million dollars, but that's just the barest beginning of what's needed.)
Hugh Hewitt recommends Samaritan's Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.com/
Scott Ott recommends Southern Baptist Disaster Relief http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.224451/k.7BDB/Disaster_Relief_Homepage.htm
Jay Allen has a further suggestion:
I would suggest people donate through their companies whenever possible. Most major corporations offer matching funds to the dollar for charitable donations. Find who's collecting money for relief efforts, then file for a match through your employer instead of sending to the agency directly.
Not bad -- if your employer is supporting this.
Chuck Simmins is tracking corporate donations http://blog.simmins.org/2005/08/katrina-donations-begin.html
UPDATE: The plan for tomorrow's flood-aid blogburst: I'd like each blogger participating to put up a post recommending a charity, or other action to help, and linking back to this post where I'll keep a comprehensive list of both bloggers and charities. Basically, a Carnival of Hurricane Relief. That way readers of any blog will have ready access to recommendations on all the blogs. If anyone has a better idea, let me know.
Technorati Tags: flood aid, Hurricane Katrina
http://technorati.com/tag/flood%20aid
http://technorati.com/tag/hurricane+katrina
THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE has a massive roundup on the military response to Katrina, which is quite extensive
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003462.html
Courtesy of Hewitt at http://instapundit.com/
Also Craigslist has lost and found list for family members and those who can help in any way:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/
Search and Rescue and current needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
Memo from Hibernia Bank to Peoples of Europe, Middle East, and Asia: Please stop sending donations to help the victims of the Katrina disaster. We realize that your consciences have compelled you to help out Americans in their time of need as the Americans have done so many times for you. But we just don't have any more room to store the cash. Thanks anyway.
Search and Rescue and Current Needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
FLOOD AID UPDATE: Here are some places you can donate to hurricane Katrina relief: (Bumped to top -- scroll down for current posts.)
http://www.redcross.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
is involved, and probably has lots of resources to draw on in the heavily Catholic New Orleans area.
Austin Bay is recommending Episcopal Relief and Development.http://www.er-d.org/
Liz at Rightalk suggests that animal lovers donate to the
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?
Here's a link to Mennonite Disaster Services http://www.mds.mennonite.net/. The Sanity Inspector says they're highly efficient.
Reader Peter Viditto recommends The Mercy Corps
http://www.mercycorps.org/
Here's the link for Methodist Relief http://www.methodistrelief.org/site/pp.asp?c=bhKNI4PHIpE&b=876335.
The Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ does good work. (WalMart just gave them a million dollars, but that's just the barest beginning of what's needed.)
Hugh Hewitt recommends Samaritan's Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.com/
Scott Ott recommends Southern Baptist Disaster Relief http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.224451/k.7BDB/Disaster_Relief_Homepage.htm
Jay Allen has a further suggestion:
I would suggest people donate through their companies whenever possible. Most major corporations offer matching funds to the dollar for charitable donations. Find who's collecting money for relief efforts, then file for a match through your employer instead of sending to the agency directly.
Not bad -- if your employer is supporting this.
Chuck Simmins is tracking corporate donations http://blog.simmins.org/2005/08/katrina-donations-begin.html
UPDATE: The plan for tomorrow's flood-aid blogburst: I'd like each blogger participating to put up a post recommending a charity, or other action to help, and linking back to this post where I'll keep a comprehensive list of both bloggers and charities. Basically, a Carnival of Hurricane Relief. That way readers of any blog will have ready access to recommendations on all the blogs. If anyone has a better idea, let me know.
Technorati Tags: flood aid, Hurricane Katrina
http://technorati.com/tag/flood%20aid
http://technorati.com/tag/hurricane+katrina
THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE has a massive roundup on the military response to Katrina, which is quite extensive
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003462.html
Courtesy of Hewitt at http://instapundit.com/
Also Craigslist has lost and found list for family members and those who can help in any way:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/
Search and Rescue and current needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
good work!
30 August 2005 The United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery Eric Schwartz will travel to Sri Lanka and Indonesia tomorrow on a 10-day fact-finding mission to see the impact of last Decembers tsunami on peoples lives and to gauge the progress of the recovery.
Tsunami occurs December 26, 2004. August 30, 2005 this UN bozo is just getting off his butt to check out the progress. They obviously need more money from us to get the job done in a more timely manner. Eastern Manhattan needs a Tsunami to hit the UN directly and put the whole thing out of our misery.
Schwartz was heard complaining that, "People simply don't understand the problems associated with converting wealth and locally acquired things of value into something small enough to go into a diplomatic pouch or case. Sure, we can acquire local antiquities, but getting them to market is a problem that takes a great deal of time and effort and, often, much staff time. And then, we have all these damn poor people expecting us to share with them things that belong to us and our immediate family. It can get very discouraging."
The ungrateful bastards!!
assess
Oh! not in the U. S., I see!
These threads that mention the "U.N." always remind me to send another letter to my Representative and Senators urging them to cut off all taxpayer dollars to the UN and close the worthless p.o.s. down. Thanks for posting.
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